Question follow-through · 22901

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides on schools making second hand uniform available.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides on schools making second hand uniform available.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The government’s statutory guidance requires schools to ensure that arrangements are in place for parents to acquire second-hand school uniforms, for example through periodic second-hand uniform sales or swap shops, and to make these arrangements clear on...

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